Background
Hall, William Jackson was born on November 13, 1929 in Beltsville, Maryland. Son of Reginald Foster and Lily (Hambleton) Hall.
Hall, William Jackson was born on November 13, 1929 in Beltsville, Maryland. Son of Reginald Foster and Lily (Hambleton) Hall.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1955; postgraduate, Manchester (England) University, 1953; postgraduate, Cambridge (England) University, 1954.
Statistician, Bell Telephone laboratories, New York City, 1954-1955; assistant chief, Polio Surveillance Unit, Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, 1955-1957; lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, 1957; visiting professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1969; assistant professor, U. North Carolina, 1957-1961; associate professor, U. North Carolina, 1961-1966; professor statistics, U. North Carolina, 1966-1969; professor department statistics and division biostatistics, U. Rochester, New York, since 1969; department chairman statistics, U. Rochester, New York, 1969-1981; acting director division biostatistics, U. Rochester, New York, 1986-1990. Visiting professor statistics and biostatistics Stanford (California) U., 1967-1969, U. Washington, 1982.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association, Institute Mathematics Statistics (council 1973-1976);member Royal Statistical Society.
Married Helen Bloxom Cox, Mar.27, 1954 (divorced 1981). Children: Jacqueline Arden, Rebecca Clayton, Bryan Hambleton, Kay Randall. Married Nancy T. Hufsmith, January 1, 1982.